<p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Impact, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 42px !important;">McDermott's Yard 00/009</span></font></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px !important;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif">UPDATE: 8th March 2018</font></span></p><p /><div class="ipsColumn ipsColumn_fluid" style="display: table-cell; position: relative; vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; width: 889px;"><div id="comment-511760_wrap" class="ipsComment_content ipsType_medium ipsFaded_withHover" style="position: relative; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><div class="cPost_contentWrap ipsPad" style="padding: 7px 15px 15px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="ipsType_normal ipsType_richText ipsContained" style="display: table; table-layout: fixed; width: 874px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(53, 60, 65); font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px;">Just putting together the idea for a combined 009/00 scrapyard layout, with 009 diesel shunters working alongside 00 standard gauge locos, both shunters and mainline Bo-Bos (Class 24/25 and 20). Trying to fit in a loading ramp that a bulldozer can move a load of scrap into 16ton minerals, just like in Caia Goods yardjj Wrexham in the 1960s. I assume these made their way to Brymbo Steelworks to be melted down. Initial thoughts is to have a bulldozer on a solid wire and push it up the ramp. with "new" scrap being dropped in from 'off scene'... perhaps with a tipper reversing in and the back being lifted to dump the load. All done by wires?</p><p>The 009 line would consist of a diesel and a rake of scrap filled hoppers, then re-appear as empties...</p><p>The main area would be in a APA style box with fiddle yards each end...</p></div></div></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(53, 60, 65); font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="ipsColumn ipsColumn_fluid" style="position: relative; vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; width: 889px; display: inline !important;"><div id="comment-512620_wrap" class="ipsComment_content ipsType_medium ipsFaded_withHover" style="position: relative; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline !important;"><div class="cPost_contentWrap ipsPad" style="padding: 7px 15px 15px 0px; position: relative; display: inline !important;"><div class="ipsType_normal ipsType_richText ipsContained" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 874px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(53, 60, 65); font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;">I was looking at photos of my old layout "<strong style="font-weight: bolder;">Minera Quarry</strong>" (Minera Quarry is about two miles from where I live and I can see it from my modelling bench) - another of my 00/009 combinations and, although I intended to build McDermott Yard on a one foot (or more!) width board, but having a look at this old layout, I feel the operation and viewing would be better for me and the viewers! - so I may well build it based roughly on this layout. I may well set in an old quarry...</div></div></div></div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(53, 60, 65); font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="ipsColumn ipsColumn_fluid" style="display: table-cell; position: relative; vertical-align: top; padding: 0px; width: 889px;"><div class="ipsComment_content ipsType_medium ipsFaded_withHover" style="position: relative; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><div class="cPost_contentWrap ipsPad" style="padding: 7px 15px 15px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="ipsType_normal ipsType_richText ipsContained" style="display: table; table-layout: fixed; width: 874px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><div><p style="color: rgb(53, 60, 65); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-size: 14px;"><span><img alt="minera+quarry.jpg" height="386" src="/xml/wfxdirect/httpproxy;jsessionid=D093A83D4DCA93E4BACCA780EB394312.TC3a?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftonysmodelrailways.co.uk%2Fresources%2Fminera%2Bquarry.jpg&sign=77fcd92ba8abcae72549e106f0f5320d" width="796" style="vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; border-width: 0px;" /></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(53, 60, 65); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-size: 14px;"> The 009 line could drop the scrap from the tippers (more wire to operative them!) in front of where the bulldozer/tractor is located.The tippers wound have to be fairly heavy to stop them falling down the chutes themselves!</span></p><p style="color: rgb(53, 60, 65); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-size: 14px;">I'll have to do some experiments with ramps/chutes/buldozers...</span></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#282828"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></font></p><p style="color: rgb(53, 60, 65); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(53, 60, 65); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-size: 14px;"> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div><br /></span><p />